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Hello everyone! I wanted to introduce myself to this excellent community. I'm from Portland ,Or. I own a 90 Pathy. I've replaced a bunch of stuff under the hood, so it runs like a gem. Only recently have I started focusing on performance/ asthetics. I just replaced the suspension with Rancho 9000xl.

With the heavy gauge cabling used to power a winch, even in the unlikely event of a dead short, the chance of fire is pretty low. The heavy cable usually can handle more amps than the battery can provide for the short time before the battery has an internal melt down killing it. In the grand scheme of things, a battery isn't particularly expensive, often less than a tire, and if a little care is used in the winch install, chances of a dead short are pretty small as well. Like everything else in life, it is a balancing act of, cost vs effectiveness vs practical. We each have our own levels of risk we are comfortable with in everything. Myself to example, the Covid virus doesn't worry me and I am high risk due to severe asthma from birth. I don't bother with a mask, gloves, and sanitizer. I use soap and water and just go on. Seems to have worked for me even though I spend 50+ hours per week in other people's cars. However I am less confident in people around me, so I carry at least one loaded firearm with at minimum, a full reload pretty much all the time. Seems odds are more likely I will catch the virus and suffer harm from it than be attacked by someone, but that is just me and my fears.